Washington · Public charity
The Bungie Foundation
THE BUNGIE FOUNDATION reduces distress and suffering in children through entertainment and partners with humanitarian aid organizations in times of natural disaster and crisis.
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $55,468
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $902,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 213
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Bungie Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $496k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $3.1M | 48% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $902k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $2.4M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $2.9M | 57% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $512k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $135k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 192 | $274k | 61% |
| FY2017 | 213 | $459k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Relief | $1,346,654 | 5 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington | $1,102,741 | 6 | 4% |
| Miami Children's Health System Inc | $902,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $796,111 | 3 | 1% |
| Children's Medical Center Foundation | $790,379 | 2 | 0% |
| Seattle Children's Foundation | $758,224 | 8 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $563,174 | 5 | 0% |
| College Success Foundation | $477,493 | 3 | 1% |
| Inova Health System Foundation | $335,434 | 1 | 0% |
| Yale University | $192,646 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 275 grantees
Plus 95 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Bungie Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Real Progress Foundation · Glassybaby White Light Fund · Lucky Seven Foundation · Medina Foundation · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · Raikes Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Bungie Foundation
- How much does The Bungie Foundation give?
- The Bungie Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $3,138,667 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 213 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Bungie Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (56%), International (20%), Public Safety & Disaster (7%).
- Who are The Bungie Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Direct Relief ($1.3M), Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington ($1.1M), Miami Children's Health System Inc ($902k).
- Does The Bungie Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bungie Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation, Seattle Foundation.
- Where is The Bungie Foundation based?
- The Bungie Foundation is based in WA.
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